This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For the first time in recent history, the University held classes on Labor Day.

The University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the re-opening of the newly renovated Memorial Hall.

Tony Bennett gave the newly renovated Memorial Hall’s first performance, “A Prelude to an Opening.”

“A Classical Opening,” featuring violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist/violist Pinchas Zukerman and the North Carolina Symphony, led by Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, took place at the newly renovated Memorial Hall.

The University held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new North Carolina Cancer Hospital.